Musconetcong Gorge Preserve
Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail & White Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail & White Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Musconetcong Gorge Preserve near Bloomsbury, NJ. It climbs 610 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail & White Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 544–822 ft
Out & Back · Musconetcong Gorge Preserve
Trailhead: Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail · 40.63720, -75.10032
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Switchback trail (white blaze), heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Switchback trail (white blaze), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail / Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 5 min before dark.
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